England manager Roy Hodgson has said he will not be stampeded into fielding rising forward Jordan Ibe because Nigeria are trying to woo him to switch his national status.

The Three Lions boss, who has admitted to liking the 19-year-old Liverpool FC player, says he will only bring Ibe on board for reasons of merit.

"My attitude is quite clear - I want players who want to play for England. I am not going to start making players English by giving them a few minutes in games," Hodgson told the English press.

"I want Jordan to fight for his place in the team like everyone else. He is certainly a player we like very much and certainly a player we have our eyes on. It\'s far from impossible that he will get called up in one of the next games.

"But if we do call him up it won\'t be because we are worried about other nations. We're England. And when it gets so bad in England that we can't get enough players who want to play for England, who want to put the England shirt on and are capable, then we are in a difficult period."

Meanwhile Nigeria coach Sunday Oliseh, who met with the family of the England youth international to try and convince them that his chances were better with the Super Eagles, has announced that Ibe has opted to wait for England\'s call rather than Nigeria's.

"Jordon Ibe's family informed me by a telephone call that he was giving priority to an England call-up. We wish them well," Oliseh tweeted on Sunday.

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